Motor.



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G. M. KILBR.

MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. s, 1903.

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UNITED STATES 'Patented August 25, 1903.l

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. KILER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lette-rs Patent No. 737,115,.da,ted August25,1903. Application filed March 3,1903- Serial No. 146,028. (No model.)

To all whom it mafyrconcern: Y Be it known that I, CHARLES M. KILER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county ofMarion and State,

of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Motors,of which the following is a specification. f

This invention relates to improvements in motors operated by weight orspring, and preferably by weight, for pumping, grinding, andv doing allkinds of lightwork on a farm or in 'a shop; and the object of theinvention is to` .ture and easy to operate by an inexperienced person.V

I accomplish the objects of the invention by the mechanism illustratedin the accomvpanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof my invention connected up for pumping purposes; Fig. 2, a verticalsection of the Weights used in the device shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, adetail in side elevation and partial section of the mechanism forshifting the governor-fans; Fig.` 4, a typical detail in perspective ofthe lever and sliding pinions used at several parts of my invention todisconnect certain of the parts;` Fig.' 5, a side elevation of the pawlmechanism for holding the drum on which the weighted cable is wound; andFig. 6, a detail in transverse section of the auxiliary or crank drum,showing the details of `mechanism by which the crank-pawl is disengagedfrom the druml ratchet.

' as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5.

the top of the tower o is made fast` 'to the weights 6. By winding thecable upon the drum the weights are hoisted in the air, and the loweringof the weights by gravity furnishes the power for the motor, the purposeof the latter being to husband the power andl make it available forpractical purposes.

7 is a shaft from which the power is taken and which I shall hereinafterrefer toas the v power-shaft. On it is mounted the wheel 8, which mayserve as a belt-wheel--when it is desired to transmit rotary motion, orit may be a crank-wheel, asin the drawings, when it isA desired totransmit reciprocatory movement. The shaft on which drum 2 is mounted isconnected with the shaft 7 by a train of cogwheels 9, 10, 1l, 12, 13,and 14, which increase speed at the expense of power. The wheel 10 (seeFigs. 1 and 4) is splined to its shaft and is shifted longitudinally ofthe shaft into pawl-lever 17 during the winding process to keep theweight from running down by any accidental release ot' the drum. Thispawllever 17 is drawn into contact with the ratchets by spring 18 and isthrown out of engagement by the outward throw of bent lever 19,

The opposite en d of power-shaft 7 from wheel 8 proi jects beyond theframe l, and on this projecting end'are the four governor-fansr20, whichbythe "resistance of the air through which they are forced to travelregulate the speed of said power-shaft. The resistance will be greatestwhen the fans are turned broadside to the direction of their travel andleast when turned edgewise. to said .travel. Between these extremes aremany variations of resistance, and I' provide the following-describedmeans for adjusting the fans:

The fans have stems 2l, which are round in cross-section next to the fanand squared at their inner portions.

22 is the spider to the arms of which the fan-stems are secured. Thesearms have inside lugs 23 with radial bores to receive the stems 21.

24 represents levers or cranks having lateral shanks 25 withlongitudinal holes squared in cross-section to receive the squared endsof stems 2l. Said stems have longitudinal adjustment iu said shanksWithin certain limits while being compelled to rotate with the shanks.The given adjustment of the stems is held by set-screws 26.

27 is a hub splined to shaft 7, so as to rotate with said shaft, butadjustable longitudinally thereon. It has the lugs 28, which areconnected by links 29 with the levers 24, as shown in Fig. 3, so that bythe longitudinal movement on shaft 7 of said hub the levers 24 will bemoved to rotate the fans. The hub 27 has a circumferential groove toreceive the collar 29, having trunnions which pivotally engage theopposite forks of the bifurcated lever 30. The opposite end of lever 30is pivotally secured to lever 3l. The latter is pivoted to the frame ofthe motor and has a dog 32 to engage the rack 33 and hold any givenadjustment of the fans. By means of the lever 31 the fans may beadjusted without stopping the motor. This is particularly desirable withmotors operating a pump where the pump has to be primed on starting andrequires to be operated at a higher speed at that time than lateronwhile pumping Water. By adjusting the fans longitudinally, as aboveprovided, the leverage exerted by them is increased or diminished,thereby affording an additional regulation.

I will now describe the Winding mechanism employed by me.

34 is a shaft supported by the motor-frame and having the small pinion35, which is splined to its shaft-like pinion 10, and said pinion 35 isthrown in or out of engagement with wheel 9 by being movedlongitudinally of shaft 34 by the lever 36. The construction andadaptation of lever 36 is the same as lever 15. (Shown in Fig. 4.) Ithas a shifting plate like 16, engaging a groove in the hub of pinion 35in same manner as the pinion shown at 10 in said Fig. 4. This shaft alsohas the larger cog-wheel 37, which engages the pinion 38 of adjacentparallel shaft 39.

Mounted either on shaft 34 or shaft 39, and here shown as on shaft 39,is the drum 40, to which the cable 41 is fastened and several turns ofsaid cable wound upon the drum. By hitching a horse to the other end ofthe cable and drawing it out in the direction shown in Fig. 1 the drumwill be rotated in a direction to operate the mechanism which will windthe cable 3 on the drum 2. The two rims ofv the drum will be providedwith ratchet-teeth, which are in reverse order for the two rims, andthese will be engaged by the oppositely-acting pawls 42 and 43, whichwill be brought into ilse one at a time, de-

remis pending on the direction which it is desired to move the drum. Thepawl not desired to be operative at a given time will be thrown 4 backout of engagement with its ratchetwheel.

Mounted on the shaft 39 is lever 44, having pawl 45 to engage the teethof the adjacent rim of the drum in the manner shown in Fig. 1, and theupper end of the lever is connected by the cable 46 with a third drum47, supported at the side of the motor-frame 1. The drum 47is looselymounted on the shaft 48, and the shaft 48 is rotated by means of thecrank 49. The crank-lever has the paWl 50, which contacts with thesi-ngle tooth 51 on the adjacent rim of the drum 47, so as to lock thecrank and drum together and cause the cable 46 to be wound upon the drum47 when the crank is turned in the properdirection and draw the leverover toward drum 47, thereby through the connecting-train of gearscausing the drum 2 to be driven in direction to wind cable 3 on it. Whenthe end of lever 44 has reached the limit of its movement, the pawl 45is raised by the incline 52, acting on pin 52 from pawl'45, out ofengagement with the tooth 51, thereby releasing the loosely-mounteddrum. Thereupon the lever 44 is returned toits first position by theweight 53 or by means of a spring (not shown) substituted for the weightand connecting the end of the lever with the motorframe. In operatingwith the lever 44 the pawl 42 will be first thrown out of engagementWith the drum. By the use of lever 44 I get the advantage of the longleverage in raising the weight 6 and by means of the associatedmechanism am enabled to operate the lever by a continuous turning of thecrank 49.

The weights 6 are here shown as a plurality of separate plates or diskshaving a radial slot 54 to allow them to be slipped laterally upon thecable and having holes and dowelpins 55 of one entering the holes of thedisk nnderit to prevent displacement. ln assembling the disks the radialslots will be turned ninety degrees from the direction of the oneadjacent to it to better hold the positions of the disks on the cable.The disks will be of cast-iron; but other forms of weights and othermaterial may be used without departing from the spirit of thisinvention.

Mounted at the rear of motor-frame lis the horizontal shaft 56, on whichis loosely mounted the arm 57, which is connected by link 58withtherodofpump). Alsomountedloosely on shaft 56 is the approximatelyvertical lever 60, which is held a predetermined angular distance fromarm 57 by the bar 61. The bar 6l has a series of perforations to receivebolt 62, which connects it with the lever 60. The lever 60 is connectedby pitman 63 with the Wrist-pin 64 on the side of wheel 8. The lever 60extends a considerable distance above its connection with pitman 63 andis provided with the weight 65, which by its gravity assists the motorin operating the pump, for

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when the purnp is lifting water lever 60 and its Weight are on thedownstroke of'the oscillatory movement of said lever around shaft 56.The return stroke when the piston of the pump is descending requiresmuch less power Afrom the motor, andthe excess is utilized in raisingthe weight 65. The lever 60 and the pitman have a series of perforationsfor the connecting-bolt to allow of adjustment. The

wrist-pin 64 is adjustable radially on wheel 8,

and a radially-adjustable counterweight 66 is provided on the oppositeside of wheel 8.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and wishto secure by Letters'Patent, is-

1. In a motor, a train of gears, shafts for said gears, a' drum on thesame shaft as the gear at one end ofthe series, a pulley, a weight, acable fastened at one end to the drum and passing thence over the pulleyand attached to the weight at its other end, a second drum having acable wound uponit and means connecting thesecond drum with the rstwhereby when the cable is drawn o of the second drum the weighted cablewill be wound upon the first drum, a shaft at lthe other end of thetrain of gears, radial feathering-fans mount-` ed at one end thereof,means for feathering the fans without stopping the motor, and means atthe other end of said last shaft for driving the mechanism to beoperated by the one end to the drum and passing thence over the pulleyand attached to the weight at the other end, said drum having aratchet-rim, a pawl-lever engaging said ratchet, a spring to force thelever into saidengagement, a hinged bent lever adapted to be turned toforce the pawl-lever out of engagement, a power-shaft at the other endof the train of gears from the drum, feathering-fans mountedv on one endof the power-shaft, means for feathering the fans without stopping themotor, a crank-wheel on the shaft at its end opposite the fans, leversadjustable in angular relation to each other forming a walking: beam,and a pitman connecting the crankwheel with the walking-beam.

3. In a motor, a train of gears, shafts on which the gears are mounted,a drum on the same shaft as the gear at'one end of the series, a pulley,a weight, a cable fastened at one end to the drum and passing thenceover the pulley and attached to the weight, means for winding the cableupon the drum, a powershaft at the other end of the train of gears fromsaid drum, a crank-wheel on said shaft, a bifurcated lever pivoted atits lower bifurcated end apart from said shaftV and having a weight ator near its upper end, a pitman taking between the bifurcated ends'ofthe lever and secured adj ustably thereto and connect` ing said lever tothe wrist-pin of the crankwheel, an arm extending laterally from saidlever and turning on the same pivot as the lever and a brace-barpivotally'secured to the arm and taking through the bifurcated lever andadjustably connected with the lever so as to move with it and vary theangular relation of` ing the weighted lever with the crank-wheel of themotor. j

5. The combination with the power-shaft of a motor, of one or morefan-blades having supporting-stems, seated in levers-at right angies tosaid stems levers to receive the stems, a hub adjustable longitudinallyof the powershaft having radial lugs and link-barsconnecting the lugswith the stem-levers, means, without stopping the motor, for adjustingthe fan-blades, a crank-wheel opposite the fan on the power-shaft, aweighted lever, a pitman connecting the lever and crank-wheel, and

an arm adapted to be'connectedwith a pumppiston, saidarm being pivotedand adjustable in angular relation with the weighted lever.

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6. The combination with the power-shaft of a motor, of a spiderhavinglong radial'arms terminating with lateral perforated lugs, one or morefan-blades, stems for said'blades having squared ends, said stemsbein'g'inserted through the perforations of thelugs, leversat rightangles to said-stems-having elongated shanks with squared holes in whichthe' squared stems are longitudinally adjustable, a hub on thepower-shaftadjustable longitudinally thereon having radial lugs and aciri cumferential groove, a collar in said groove, bars connecting thelugs with the ends ofthe said levers,abifurcated lever parallel with thepower-shaft and a hand-lever mounted on al yfixed pivot and pivotallysecured to the bifurcated lever to longitudinally reciprocate' thelatter and prevent its rotation with the shaft.

7. In a motor, a power-shaft, a governorv comprising one or morefan-blades,stems for said blades, a spider mounted on the powershafthaving arms with lugs having Vradial perforations through which the saidstems are v passed, levers at right angles to said'stems having Shankswhich are perforated to receive Y the ends of said stems, ahub mountedon the power-shaft and splined thereto so as to have` rotary movementwith the shaft and longitudinal adjustment thereon, said hub havinglradiallugs, liuk-barsconnecting the ends of the lugs with the ends ofthe saidlevers, said IIO otally neoured tothe collar and a fixed pvotedhand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this lever to reciprocate thehub and prevent rno- 23d day of February, A. D. 1903. tion of rotationof the lever and collar with f the shaft connected with the bifureatedlever CHAhLES, M' IXILER" 5 and means for holding a given adjustment ofTit-messes:

said second lever. JOSEPH A. MINTURN, In witness whereof I have hereuntoset my COLLIE E. KINNEY.

